Molecular response in one-photon absorption via natural thermal light vs. pulsed laser excitation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19575-19578

  Brumer, Paul ^a   Shapiro, Moshe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D photon echo; Incoherent light; Light harvesting; Quantum coherence; Retinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; EXCITATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIATION FIELD;

LASERS; LIGHT; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84870307902     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211209109     Document Type: Article

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